Someone please explain subscription based Ringtone downloads

So I am browsing through Handango as I often do and I come across an ad for Ringphonic by HDM which is a subscription based ringtone download service for the BlackBerry 71xx series devices. I glance over the Ringphonic page on Handango and I say to myself, “That’s not too bad. 8 ringtones for 9 or 10 bucks.” Then look a little closer and I see that it is 9 or 10 bucks per month for you to be able to download 8 ringtones a month.

Now, I am not knocking Ringphonic because this is one of the more popular BlackBerry downloads at over 38,000 and the user rating is 5 out of 5 stars. Just cannot for the life of my figure out why I would need a subscription for such a service. Are ringtone downloads for BlackBerry 71xx series devices in such demand that people are willing to sign up a monthly subscription to get them?

Eight ringtones a month indefinable seems a bit much to me. I am absolutely missing the point so I hope that someone can explain this one to me.

Written by Robb Dunewood on December 7th, 2005 with 3 comments.
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Gartner analyst: Halt all mission critical deployments of BlackBerry

Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney has advised clients to halt all deployments of Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Devices until RIM legal woes are resolved.

The research note advises enterprises to “stop or delay all mission-critical BlackBerry deployments and investments in the platform until RIM’s legal position is clarified” because “US BlackBerry users would lose messaging services… and international users would lose message service while travelling in the US”

This kind of recommendation clearly tells RIM that they need to settle with NTP as soon as possible. If Gartner put out a recommendation that light is no longer good for business you would start see many organizations change their standard to darkness. That being said it would not shock me if your Microsoft rep showed up to your office tomorrow with a copy of the Gartner report in hand as they tell you all the great things about Windows Mobile 5.0 and SP2 for Exchange 2003.

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Written by Robb Dunewood on December 7th, 2005 with 1 comment.
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